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Stories That Change You ...Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:02:35 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8Studio Prey January Livestream!https://studioprey.com/writes/blog/2019/01/17/studio-prey-january-livestream/
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:28:52 +0000http://studioprey.com/writes/?p=858Come join us on the 21st at 1pm as we talk about the upcoming release of Rise of the Forgotten, future projects, and much more!

First off, a reminder. Dawnbreak will be coming down off the website on the 7th of January.

Following that, on January 15th, we will be releasing it in it’s entirety on Amazon along with the long awaited third edition of Exile’s Return.

January 21st we have our livestream, with Kat the Dragon. This time, I will be streaming remotely from the San Francisco Bay area. Be sure to tune in as I unveil the final cover for Rise of the Forgotten and announce our official release date for the long awaited sequel to Exile’s Return. We also might find the time to talk about my Nightmare Gods urban fantasy universe, so you don’t want to miss that.

Thank you to all my readers old and new that helped make 2018 such a success for me. 2019 is going to be bigger and better than ever.

-Rebecca Mickley

]]>Studio Prey Solstice Livestream! 12/21 at Noon PSThttps://studioprey.com/writes/blog/2018/12/20/studio-prey-solstice-livestream-12-21-at-noon-pst/
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:47:47 +0000http://studioprey.com/writes/?p=830Join us live as I again do my best to not make a fool of myself. ^_^

Our special guest star is Kat the Dragon yet again, our editor extraordinaire. We will have updates for you about our upcoming release Rise of the Forgotten, and much more.

See you there!

-Rebecca

]]>Happy Thanksgiving from Studio Prey!https://studioprey.com/writes/blog/2018/11/22/happy-thanksgiving-from-studio-prey/
Thu, 22 Nov 2018 17:52:04 +0000http://studioprey.com/writes/?p=779From all of us at Studio Prey, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. While we all gather to celebrate the blessings the Gods have bestowed upon us throughout the year, I wanted to pause and thank all of you for making this year’s celebration exceptionally special.

People make the difference, and as I see you all reading and enjoying, I know I am especially blessed.

]]>Studio Prey honors the life of Stan Leehttps://studioprey.com/writes/blog/2018/11/12/studio-prey-honors-the-life-of-stan-lee/
Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:15:09 +0000http://studioprey.com/writes/?p=757 Read More Read More]]>It is with a heavy heart that I pause from our normal business today to remember a man that meant so much to me and many others. Stan Lee was one of the bright lights of his age, a creator that introduced depth and nuance to characters in a time when comics had lost much of that fire due to the silver age. He showed us that no matter the medium, with the right writer, characters could come alive, have personalities of their own, all the while growing and changing while they had new experiences.

As for me, I am a huge fan of his Silver Surfer series. As a young Religious Studies student at McMurry University, I spent hours reading the early editions, as the surfer struggled with his identity and concepts of responsibility, good, and evil. To say his work was formative to me, is an understatement. I aspire to write with the clarity, honesty and vision that he showed in his long and storied career.

Farewell Stan Lee, you will be fiercely missed.

-Rebecca J. Mickley

]]>We’re Back!https://studioprey.com/writes/blog/2018/10/31/were-back/
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:09:38 +0000http://studioprey.com/writes/?p=603 Read More Read More]]>It’s been an exciting Halloween for us here. Dawnbreak is out in the Final Draft Club, Gateways is available in it’s entirety and we are already gaining subscribers steadily. It’s clear we have a lot to celebrate this year, and nothing more so than the awesome community that has come out to support the release of my newest works.

Going forward, you can expect to see new chapters of Dawnbreak posted every Wednesday and Sunday like clockwork, and 100% free for the duration of the release. Starting in February (maybe March) we will be releasing Rise of the Forgotten. With it’s release the pay wall will rise, but I hope that you will consider staying on as a patron and helping support the magic. Everything will be released here first, so if you want the latest and the greatest, along with a chance to help shape the story itself, then I hope you will consider joining us here after the conclusion of Dawnbreak’s serialized release as we go forward with the next books in the series, and new universes to explore.

Thank you for being here, thank you for your support.

Happy Halloween and happy reading everyone!

-Rebecca J. Mickley

]]>Studio Prey is Back – October 31st 2018https://studioprey.com/writes/blog/2018/10/22/studio-prey-is-back-october-31-2018/
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:25:03 +0000http://studioprey.com/writes/?p=279 Read More Read More]]>May 2nd 2014 is a day I will never forget. After years of work and development Exile’s Return released to great fanfare. At that time I was incredibly optimistic for the future. In just a few short weeks I was to move to Washington, which would mark two of my biggest dreams being fulfilled in the same month.

Everything, I thought, was all downhill for me from there. I’d continue writing, get settled, and enjoy a long and productive career regularly releasing books.

Life, it seemed had other plans. Moving is always more stressful than you imagine it to be, no matter how much experience you have with it. Another way of putting it is, it’s always worse than you expect it to be. Needless to say the months drew on and I had still not yet started the sequel to my initial work. I had plans, I had hopes, but they remained vaporous.

Eventually, as it does once a year every year, November came round, and with it, Nanowrimo. The idea excited me, as did the challenge. Write a novel in a month, a caffeine fueled barn burner of a writing experience. The goal, 50k words in 31 days or less.

Challenge accepted.

Taking off like a shot, I wrote with great vigor, for the first time in almost a year. I had ideas, whiteboards, and my own office in my new apartment at that time. Everything I felt I needed to be a success, and in some ways, I was. I hit the 50k goal, right about the halfway point of the novel, and then hit Writers Block like I never have before or since.

That November, my early success at writing the sequel to Exile’s Return proved to be the last gasp before an interminably long winter that stretched just over three years. No matter how hard I tried, no matter how much I worked, I could not get any further in the story, and so I simply struggled with it, as Exile’s Return faded into obscurity.

That was not where the story was fated to close, however. Something sparked at the end of 2016, and, with shaky affectation I again took up the pen. What started as a trickle became a torrent of new ideas, and new universes. Something finally clicked, I found my stride, and I’ve been writing ever since.

It’s been a long winter, but spring is finally here. In the next few weeks, after many false starts, and lapsed promises, I will finally again be making anouncements about new releases, currently scheduled for January. The manuscript are written, and currently with a professional edit team. All that I’m waiting for is its return in mid october and a little final vetting between Kat and I.

There’s no better way to say it, then this: Studio Prey is back, and better than ever.

So to you, dear reader, the patient and long suffering, who has eagerly awaited new work, while the years have grown long since Exile, I thank you, in the best way I know how, with new content coming soon. I assure you, it will be worth the wait.

-Rebecca “Snowy” Mickley
Writer & Owner, Studio Prey

]]>Studio Prey is Relaunching on Halloween!https://studioprey.com/writes/blog/2018/10/21/studio-prey-is-relaunching-on-halloween/
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:21:49 +0000http://studioprey.com/writes/?p=358A new website, a new free novelette, and a new BIG surprise!